A ROMAN BANDED AGATE AMPHORISKOS

CIRCA LATE 1ST CENTURY B.C.-EARLY 1ST CENTURY A.D.

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A ROMAN BANDED AGATE AMPHORISKOS
CIRCA LATE 1ST CENTURY B.C.-EARLY 1ST CENTURY A.D.
With thick walls, the interior deeply hollowed, the cylindrical body with a flat base and sharply-carinated shoulders, a short cylindrical neck and overhanging disk rim, tapering slightly inward on its upper surface, the two angled handles with concave sides, merging at the shoulders and below the rim
2 3/8 in. (6 cm.) high

Provenance

European Private Collection, 1990s.

Lot Essay

For a very close example, likely from the same workshop, see no. 393 in Picón, et al., Art of the Classical World in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The authors note that, "vessels made in semiprecious stone were much sought after as symbols of wealth and sophistication."

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